While I'm still absorbing tonight's "Kerry victories":http://nytimes.com/2004/02/10/politics/campaign/10CND-CAMP.html?pagewanted=print&position= in Virginia and Tennessee, I would like to share with my readers one of the more amusing pieces of direct mail that I've seen-- "The Victory Card MasterCard":https://www.juniper.com/app/japply/lp/10757.jsp?campaignid=0000217&obadloc=011&obchannel=005 from the "Massachusetts Democratic Party":http://www.massdems.org/. Now, I love my party, and I've certainly given a good chunk of my time, money and (limited) talents over the years... but this piece of marketing material is really silly. I know I'm cynical and all, but this multi-culti picture of bi-racial babies being hugged by an American flag, is just plain _funny_. The underlying message is right and commendable, but do we need to use _babies_? ...to sell a _credit card_? Ahh, but each purchase puts a percentage into the Commonwealth Dems' coffers... Somehow, I think I'd rather write another check.